Major League Astros GM and coach dismissed Analyzed fraudulent signatures January 14 8:40
The Major League Organization will suspend general managers and coaches from 2017 and 2018 seasons assuming that Astros used a camera during a match to illegally analyze the signature of an opponent's catcher I decided. In response, Astros announced the removal of general manager and director.
Astros' fraudulent signature analysis was revealed by an athletic pitcher playing at Astros in 2017 who testified to the American media, and a major league organization began investigating last November.
After investigating the teams and players, Astros illegally analyzed the signs issued by the opponent's catcher using the camera installed in the center at the baseball stadium between 2017 and 2018, when the world series was won. Concluded that
This image was displayed on a monitor installed on the bench side, and the contents of the analyzed signature were transmitted to the batter.
In the Major League, the analysis of signatures using electronic devices is banned by rules, and in the 2017 season, if the Red Sox was fined and the Major League Organization had a similar violation, Had stated that he would impose heavier disposal.
The League of Governors, weighing heavily on Astros' continued fraudulent signature analysis following the punishment, Jeff Lunauz General Manager and A.M. J. Hinch has been suspended for this season.
In response, Astros announced the dismissal of the two.
Also, the team will be fined a maximum of $ 5 million and Japanese yen in approximately 550 million yen, and will strip the right of appointment of players for the first and second rounds of next year's draft meeting it was done.
On the other hand, no players were involved in this signature analysis.
At the time, Red Sox coach Alex Cola, who was a bench coach at Astros at the time, continues to investigate a series of fraudulent and central roles.